Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen by Peter FitzSimons
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of Australia?s most famous polar explorer and the giants from the heroic age of polar exploration- Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton.Sir Douglas Mawson, born in 1882 and knighted in 1914, remains Australia?s greatest Antarctic explorer. On 2 December 1911, his Australasian Antarctic Expedition le ...Show more
Random Maps: The World in Over 100 Unusual Maps by KUESTENMACHER, SIMON
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
What would the world be without maps? How would we orientate ourselves? How would we travel How could we plan streets or entire cities? We encounter maps everywhere in everyday life. But they can do much more than just represent the topography of places. The geographer Simon Küstenmacher collects excit ...Show more
Ancient Egypt: The Definitive Visual History by DK
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
A visual guide to 3,000 years of life under the pharaohs (c.3200-30 BCE) from the early kings of Egypt to the reign of Cleopatra and the Roman conquest Discover the fascinating details of life under the pharaohs - and their extraordinary legacy - in this comprehensive guide to Egypt's ancient civilizati ...Show more
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the islanders of Run to grant a monopoly to England over their nutmeg, a fabulously valuable spice in Europe. This infuriated the Dutch, who were determined to cont ...Show more
Ka - 2019 Edition by Roberto Calasso
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
In Ka, Roberto Calasso delves into the corpus of classical Sanskrit literature recreating and re-imagining the enchanting world of ancient India. Beginning with the Rig-Veda, Ka weaves together myths from the Upanishad, the Mahabharata and the stories of the Buddha, all of which pose questions that have ...Show more
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now--as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Today they lead to Beijing." So argues P ...Show more
Japanese Myths and Tales - Epic Tales by Flame Tree Studio (Created by); Alan Cummings (Foreword by)
$49.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
From the creation myth of Izanagi and Izanami designed to explain the origins of the island of Japan, to the hundreds of kami (gods or spirits) and monsters populating the tales, Japanese legends tell the story of the land, the nation, the people and the divine heritage of the emperors of Japan. Often b ...Show more
Millennium - The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland
$27.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared impoverished, fearful and backward. But the anarchy of ...Show more
Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine by Mark Galeotti
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A new history of how Putin and his conflicts have inexorably reshaped Russia, including his devastating invasion of Ukraine. Putin's Wars is a timely overview of the conflicts in which Russia has been involved since Vladimir Putin became prime minister and then president of Russia, from the First Cheche ...Show more
ANZAC Memories by Don Donovan
$16.99 AUD
Category: History
A collection of evocative photographs and quotations honouring the memory of those who served in the First World War. A photographic journey through images and mateship.
The Shortest History of India by John Zubrzycki
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
An illuminating and concise telling of the 5000 years of turbulent history that led India from the ruins of ancient civilisations to emerging global superpowerOne of the oldest civilisations and the largest democracy in the world, India is an amalgam of customs, races, castes, languages and spiritual be ...Show more